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We explore the concept of Greater Israel from a Zionist perspective from its interpretation in scripture to its misrepresentation by the inception of the Zionist movement in the late 19th century and its implications for the Middle East region. Discover the historical and political context behind the idea of Greater Israel, which envisions the expansion of Israel's borders to encompass biblical territories far beyond Israel’s modern day borders. Explore the many modern examples of how Israeli Zionists reveal an expansive policy that can only signify more violence and instability in the Middle East, an area already struggling with the highest levels of tension and injustice. Join us on a journey to understand the questionable viewpoints, severe implications and entitled approach on lands that don’t belong to them by ambitious Zionists. And take warning of a potential impending land grab crisis that can change the geo political landscape of the region.

In this thought-provoking episode of Logan Fizzle, we take a deep dive into a topic that stirs strong emotions and heated debate: the complex relationship between Zionism and antisemitism. Joining us is Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, whose critical eye and profound insights into Jewish religious thought and history shed unexpected light on this contentious issue. With decades of experience and the receipts to challenge our assumptions about the state of Israel, Rabbi Shapiro offers a striking critique of Zionism's impact on Jewish identity and its broader geopolitical ramifications. Throughout our conversation, we peel back the layers of a debate that has simmered at the intersection of faith, identity, and politics. Rabbi Shapiro navigates us through the historical and theological underpinnings of Zionism, questioning its conflation with Judaism and offering perspectives that promise to surprise even the most well-informed viewers. As we explore these intricate themes, Rabbi Shapiro reveals unexpected twists in the narrative, compelling us to reconsider long-held assumptions about Zionism, antisemitism, and the nature of Jewish solidarity in the modern world. This episode is not just an intellectual exploration but an invitation to look beyond the headlines and sound bites, to understand the deep and sometimes divisive issues that shape our world. review: - Thanks to all the Jews around the world who are claiming back their Judaism and in doing so are educating all the people who want peace for all independently of their religion, race, etc. Ultimately, I believe you are the people that will free the land from the plague of Zionism. I have a lot of respect for all the Jews who are going against their community and families or simply speak the truth. You are helping to change the narrative. 30 mrt 2024

Senegal is celebrating after Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the young, anti-establishment presidential candidate defeated the French-backed president Macky Sall to win the Presidential election. Faye’s election follows months of protests in the country, where thousands have taken to the streets against widespread poverty and neo-colonialism. Amzat Boukari-Yabara, a historian, author, and the President of the Pan-African League UMOJA, explains how Faye’s election fits into the movement sweeping the Sahel. 01-04-2024

Former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter joined in mid-February to react to Putin's bombshell interview with Tucker Carlson and how it reflects an ongoing warning to NATO on the perilous state of affairs of its Ukraine proxy.

Thomas Morton joined a group of born again Christians as they toured the Holy Land and found out the real reason why they support Israel.

For millions of American evangelical Christians, supporting Israel is a core part of their faith. They believe Israel needs to exist so that the “end times” prophecies and return of Jesus Christ are guaranteed. But what does that support mean for people who share their religion but live under Israeli occupation? Dena talks to Palestinian Christians about the evangelical Christian Zionist movement. 0:50 What is Christian Zionism? 1:49 Why this American Christian has devoted her life to helping Israel 2:40 Christian Palestinians react to Christian Zionists 4:06 What some evangelicals believe the Bible says about the “end times” 7:01 Who’s behind the most powerful Christian Zionist organization? 9:04 Why do Christian Zionists support Israel’s oppression?

Ray came to Washington from his native Bronx in the early Sixties as an Army infantry/intelligence officer and then served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray’s duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President’s Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan’s five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985.

The law on its own is not going to lead us to freedom.’ Lara Elborno’s coruscating appraisal of the limits of law and how to achieve Palestinian self-determination

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The drumbeat of intervention is rolling once again for Haiti. Since last year, plans have been laid for a US-sponsored intervention in Haiti, nominally led by Kenya, ostensibly in the name of fighting "gang violence" in the Caribbean nation. While corporate media has breathlessly pushed the narrative of a lawless Haiti overrun by criminal organizations, such framing deliberately excludes the role of the US and its allies in the so-called Core Group in destabilizing Haiti over the past 20 years in particular—not to mention the past two centuries since Haiti's independence. Quebec-based activist Jafrik Ayiti joins The Real News to help set the record straight on Haiti's history, and how the social disorder splattered across the front pages of Western media outlets has been manufactured by the very governments now calling for intervention.

The complex web of interests that links politicians with the business, media and the security sectors, tells of the possible reasons why so many decision-makers can see so unempathetic amid the war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. A corruption on levels that are beyond the vast majority of ordinary citizens is taking place at the risk of the soul and morality of society as a whole. Anas Altikriti has a conversation with Lowkey about this and his career, his take on the music industry and the future as seen by the youth today. 7 feb 2024

The Music Industry has an infamous history as one of the shadiest. Within this new docuseries we will be take a look at it's dark side. Between the ties to organized crime to the rigging of the charts, the goal of this series is to be a walkthrough, and tour through the stories the industry would probably like to ignore.

When people fly into Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC, very few know why it has that name let alone know anything about the man behind it. During WW II Brigadier General William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan ran the Office of Strategic Services ran secret operations all over the world, from Asia to Europe hiring and recruiting civilians and active duty military as covert operatives. The experiences of the OSS saw the need to create a specialized organization that could handle intelligence gathering and covert operations with plausible deniability. The successor of the OSS, the Central Intelligence Agency continued that legacy with very mixed and controversial results. Written and Hosted by Colin D. Heaton.

The Crimean War between the Ottoman Empire and Russia (and later the UK and France) has been called the last crusade and the first modern war at the same time. SOURCES • Badem, Candan: The Ottoman Crimean War – 1853-1856, Brill Verlag, Leiden & Boston, 2010. • Balci, Ali et al.: When Doves Feed Hawks: Ottoman War Decision and European Powers Towards the Crimean War, in: Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 67–83, SAGE Publications, Istanbul, 2022. • Baumgart, Winfried: The Crimean War, Bloomsbury Academic Verlag, London [u.a.], 2020. • Bektas, Yakup: The Crimean War as a Technological Enterprise, in: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 233-262, The Royal Society, London, 2017. • Daniel, Ute: Der Krimkrieg 1853-1856 und die Entstehungskontexte medialer Kriegsberichterstattung, in: Daniel, Ute (Hg.): Augenzeugen – Kriegsberichterstattung vom 18. Zum 21. Jahrhundert, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlag, Göttingen, 2006. • Figes, Orlando: Krimkrieg – der letzte Kreuzzug, Berlin-Verlag, Berlin [u.a], 2012. • Gouttman, Alain: La guerre de Crimée 1853-1856, Kronos S.P.M., Paris, 1995. • Gorizontov, Leonid: The Crimean War as a Test of Russia’s Imperial Durability, in: Russian Social Science Review, Vol. 62, pp. 416–442, Taylor & Francis, London, 2021. • Grosul, Vladislav: Russian Society and the Crimean War, in: Russian Studies in History, vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 35–64, Taylor & Francis, London, 2012, • Hearder, Harry: Clarendon, Cavour, and the Intervention of Sardinia in the Crimean war, 1853-1855, in: The International History Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 819-836, Taylor & Francis, London, 1996. • Kirimli, Hakan: Emigrations from the Crimea to the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War, in: Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 751-773, Taylor & Francis, 2008. • Kozelsky, Mara: Crimea in war and transformation, Oxford University Press, New York, 2019. • Kozelsky, Mara: Casualties of Conflict – Crimean Tatars during the Crimean War, in: Slavic Review, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 866-891, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. • Lambert, Andrew: Crimean Illusions, in Freedman, Lawrence, ed. War, Oxford UP, 2011. • Lang, Wilhelm: Cavour und der Krimkrieg, in: Historische Zeitschrift, Vol. 53, No. 1 pp. 1-42, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München, 1885. • LA SOCIETA DEI REDUCI DALLA CRIMEA (Hg.): Ricordo Pittorico Militare Della Spedizione Sarda, Consiglio Direttivo della Societa dei Reduci dalla Crimea, Turin, 1884. • Maag, Georg (Hg.): Der Krimkrieg als erster europäischer Medienkrieg, in: Kultur und Technik (Band 14), Lit Verlag, Berlin, 2010. • Rath, Andrew: The Crimean War in imperial context - 1854-1856, Palgrave Macmillan Verlag, New York [u.a], 2015. • Stepanov, Valerii: The Crimean War and the Russian Economy, in: Russian Social Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 4–6, pp. 470–493, Taylor & Francis, London, 2021. • Trager, Robert: Long-Term Consequences of Aggressive Diplomacy – European Relations after Austrian Crimean War Threats, in: Security Studies, Vol. 21, pp. 232–265, Taylor & Francis, London, 2012.

Ilan Pappé in conversation with Max Rodenbeck Presented by Amar Ujala Ilan Pappé is considered one of Israel’s most groundbreaking, outspoken and incisive historians and thinkers. His book Ten Myths About Israel examines contested ideas that comprise the discourse of the contemporary state of Israel, the oppression of the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation, and explains why the two-state solution is no longer viable. It was published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation. Pappé is also the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, The Idea of Israel, and two projects with Noam Chomsky, On Palestine and Gaza in Crisis. In conversation with journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief for The Economist magazine, Max Rodenbeck, Pappé discusses his work, and the truth behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, worsening each day. Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian and Director of The European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. Pappé has written twenty books so far, among them The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and On Palestine (with Noam Chomsky). His latest book is The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories. Max Rodenbeck is a journalist, critic and writer on global affairs. Before his current post as South Asia bureau chief for The Economist, based in Delhi, he spent 30 years in the Middle East covering wars, revolutions and hubbly bubblies from Iran to Morocco.

lan Pappé is an Israeli historian, political scientist, and activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. Pappé was born in Haifa, Israel. Prior to coming to the UK, he was a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa (1984–2007) and chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian and Israeli Studies in Haifa (2000–2008). He is the author of Ten Myths About Israel (2017), The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006), The Modern Middle East (2005), A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples (2003), and Britain and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1988). Pappé is one of Israel's New Historians who, since the release of pertinent British and Israeli government documents in the early 1980s, have offered an unconventional view of Israel's creation in 1948, and the corresponding flight and expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians in the same year. He has written that the expulsions were not decided on an ad hoc basis, as other historians have argued, but constituted the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

Colonel Douglas Macgregor joins the show as we discuss the Russia Ukraine War and what will happen in the next few months. Ukraine is in a difficult spot and this conflict needs to come to an end sooner or later for the Ukrainian people. Listen to the Colonel's insights as he reveals the latest on the Russia Ukraine War 1 apr 2024

They might be more famous today for their cameos in The Da Vinci Code and Assassin’s Creed, but in real history the Knights Templar were a complex multi-national organisation just as concerned with economics as warfare. The order was initially set up in Jerusalem to protect pilgrims, who would attempt to make dangerous journeys between cities and sites of interest in the Holy Land. But as the brand of the military order developed, these crusaders soon found themselves wielding power and influence across the kingdoms of medieval Europe. In this video Dan Snow speaks to medieval historian and author of 'The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors' to explore what really made the military order such a powerful and influential force during the Middle Ages. The interview is filmed at Temple Church in London, the headquarters of the Knights Templar in England.

Costing the lives of over 130,000 people, the Yugoslav Wars and resulting conflicts are marked with war crimes, genocide, and ethnic cleansing, and is one of the worst humanitarian crises that occurred since WWII. 1:00 - Chapter 1 - The creation of Yugoslavia 6:00 - Chapter 2 - Reunited one again 14:00 - Chapter 3 - Cracks in the walls 19:35 - Chapter 4 - Slovenia & croatia 27:05 - Chapter 5 - The bosnian wars 35:00 - Chapter 6 - The republic of kosovo 38:10 - Chapter 7 - Aftermath of civil war

The U.S. military just announced it will permanently base its Green Beret military forces just a few miles off of mainland China in a provocative move that has China fuming. This video breaks down a story that the U.S. and Western mainstream media refuse to cover: the coming U.S. war on China.

why are many African countries increasingly turning towards China for investment and development? Many African countries are increasingly turning towards China for investment and development over the United States due to a combination of strategic partnerships, significant financial commitments, and the perceived benefits of these relationships. The shift can be attributed to China's comprehensive engagement strategy, which includes large-scale investments in infrastructure, favorable trade relations, and a more pragmatic approach to development and diplomatic relations. This video examines how Africa is modifying its partnerships, notably reducing trade with the United States and increasingly engaging with China.

On March 30, 2024, while visiting Iraq, Dimitri Lascaris toured central Baghdad with Hussein Barood of the Iraqi Movement for the Belt-and-Road Initiative. First, Barood and Lascaris attempted unsuccessfully to enter the heavily protected 'green zone', which houses the U.S. Embassy and other Western facilities. They then toured parts of central Baghdad that had been devastated by sectarian violence following the illegal invasion of Iraq by U.S. and British forces in 2003.

On March 30, 2024, while visiting Baghdad, Dimitri Lascaris spoke with Hussein Barood, the elected spokesman of the Iraqi Movement for the Belt-and-Road Initiative. For years, the movement which Barood represents has advocated for Iraq to become a fully-fledged participant in China's Belt-and-Road Initiative. Although there has been progress in deepening Chinese investment in Iraq, the U.S. government has sought to obstruct Iraqi development by controlling the oil and gas revenues upon which Iraq critically depends.

U.S. Army Colonel Retired Combat Veteran Colonel Douglas Macgregor is a decorated combat veteran, retired US Army Colonel, author and foreign policy expert who is widely recognised for his leadership in the Battle of 73 Easting during the Gulf War – the US Army’s largest tank battle since World War II. His distinguished career began in 1976 when he was commissioned into the Regular Army after completing his studies at the Virginia Military Institute and West Point. During his 28 years of service, he held numerous leadership positions, while his innovative thinking on military transformation and force design have had a profound impact on the global stage, influencing policies in Israel, Russia, and China. As an author, his groundbreaking ideas have resulted in five books, including Breaking The Phalanx and Transformation Under Fire, and seen him feature as a regular commentator on defence and foreign policy issues on various media platforms including CNN, the BBC, Sky and Fox News, most notably as the go-to guy on Tucker Carlson’s now-defunct show. In late 2020, Colonel Macgregor was appointed Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defence by then-President Donald Trump, a position he held until the end of the Trump administration, while he has also served as an expert witness before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Colonel Macgregor believes that the biggest threat to the US actually comes from those inside Washington DC as national sovereign debt approaches the threshold of default, and the progressive collapse of societal cohesion amplified by the open border policy is taking America to the brink of collapse. Colonel Macgregor believes that the situation in Ukraine is a complete catastrophe with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians already having been killed, while support for Israel will suffer due to the mounting death toll in Gaza. He explains that the US does not have the forces or the means to solve these issues, not least in the face of mounting domestic issues that need addressing. Transcript